Patricia Hinton Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN, MCC, CBCC, NBC-HWC is an accomplished coach and ICF Coach Trainer at MentorCoach LLC, Bethesda, where she teaches positive psychology related coaching courses and provides leadership for the Health and Wellness Coaching Certification program. She represents MentorCoach on the advisory board to National Board for Health &Wellness Coaching (NBHWC). Pat is one of a few approved, internationally certified Body- Centered Coach Trainers and integrates this approach into her coaching. In addition to the MCC, Pat is certified in wellness (CWC), executive (CEC), body-centered (CBCC), and social-emotional intelligence coaching (SEI).

As a former dean, university vice president and organizational consultant, Pat is a recognized leader, nurse, academic executive, coach, speaker, university health professions educator and author nationally and internationally. She has an established coaching business and integrates principles from health and wellness and resilience coaching into her career, executive and life-transition coaching and mentoring with national and international clients. She teaches health informatics, leadership and health promotion to graduate students in university and online classrooms.